I don’t really collect Lincoln cents but I find myself buying them more and more often. Maybe I do collect them? Who knows..... I bought a lot listed as 6+ lbs of 1920’s Wheaties, lots of mint marks. Said ~900 coins which I paid up for at $75. That is way more than I would normally pay for wheats but the seller wasn’t a coin guy so I took a chance that they weren’t picked through. Question 1: How much would you guys think is a reasonable price per coin for a mystery 1920’s Wheatie lot? I paid about $0.08 here. After some shipping issues (package broke open in shipment and was reboxed by the USPS) and a vacation by me they finally arrived today. I am thrilled to find another pile of better date coins in reasonable condition for a great price. Breakdown on the dates / mint marks are as follows: 20 - 92, D - 20, S - 20 21 - 21, S - 26 22D - 2 23 - 22, S - 7 24 - 30, D - 0, S - 35 25 - 52, D - 22, S - 22 26 - 42, D - 19, S - 4 27 - 51, D - 17, S - 27 28 - 60, D - 17, S - 37 29 - 63, D - 40, S - 55 Also had 15 coins from the 30’s and 5 from the teens including a really nice 1919-S woodie. Total 823 coins so 9 cents each. I do wonder how many were lost in transit. I was actually surprised to not find a ‘24-D based on how it was going. Question 2: I assume the ‘22-D’s in the picture below qualify as a weak D and a regular ‘22-D. The weak D coin is really hard to see even a trace of the D but it is there unfortunately. Is there a value difference for the weaker D? Question 3: On the 1928-S’s I believe there is a large and small mint mark, with the large mark being somewhat rare. It really looks to me like I found 8 of the large S variety but I’m not at all sure. Based the pic’s below does anyone see any large S’s in there? As I said above I’m not much of a Lincoln collector so I appreciate any thoughts or opinions at all on the coins. Thanks for making it through the long post.
I did confirm that 8 of the 1928-S’s are the large S variety, FS-501. Also found 8-10 wheaties that have decent reverse die clashes.
Personally I would have passed but then I wouldn’t have had the fun and enjoyment that you did by going through them.
When you figure the cost of dinner and a movie, heck, just a dinner out, then you didn't overpay. I bet you enjoyed going through all of them much more than the 15 minutes of eating a steak. LOL
Thanks. When that one popped out it looking fully like a no D but on further inspection unfortunately there is some D there.
